I don’t think Barack Obama was a particularly good President. Among other policies I disagree with are- Failure to prosecute War Crimes and the continuation of War Criminal activities (Rectal Feeding? Anal Rape!) by the United States Government (how’d that closing Guantánamo thing work out for you?). Failure to advance Universal Health Care (at the …
Tag: ek Politics
Apr 24 2019
The New Drug Cartels
A little upfront disclosure first. I’m generally inclined more to transparency and treatment than prohibition. I’ve taken drugs, lots of different ones, and some were good for my head and others not so much. There are also drugs that are ridiculously dangerous, Fentanyl for example. Despite being overhyped prohibitionist propaganda, those stories you read about …
Apr 23 2019
Republicanism Root and Branch
People talk as if Unindicted Co-Conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio represents some kind of nadir for the Republican Party, that he is an abberration and eventually normalcy (whatever that is) will prevail and our situation will revert to the mean which for Versailles Villagers is a D.C. where big Daddy Republicans are keeping our taxes safe from …
Apr 23 2019
What Have We Learned?
Basically nothing. People are stupid. Well, we’ve learned that the wireless router in North Lake is busted (or maybe not)- I’ve just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It’s going to go 100% failure in 72 hours. … Well HAL, I’m damned if I can find anything wrong with it. Yes, it’s puzzling. …
Apr 19 2019
Fall Out- Part One
It’s not like there aren’t things and stuff. The real question is why decline to prosecute characters like this? Blackwater founder Erik Prince helped fund effort tied to obtaining Clinton’s emails By John Bowden, The Hill 04/18/19 Blackwater founder Erik Prince was involved in funding an effort to verify if a cache of stolen emails …
Apr 18 2019
Less and More than it seems.
Thank goodness I didn’t bother with the pre-Game hype. Republicans seem to be stuck in the Barr moment this morning and it certainly colored the early coverage when there wasn’t anything to look at and later when there hadn’t been time to read it. It is, as predicted, heavily redacted. The problem from my perspective …
Apr 18 2019
This is your Rifle. This is your Gun. One is for Fighting, the other’s for Fun.
What is Dana Loesch doing today? Secrecy, Self-Dealing, and Greed at the N.R.A. By Mike Spies, New Yorker April 17, 2019 (T)he N.R.A. is troubled; in recent years, it has run annual deficits of as much as forty million dollars. It is not unusual for nonprofits to ask prospective donors to help forestall disaster. What …
Apr 18 2019
Isn’t it nice to begin your day with a dose of cheery optimism?
Excuse me. I distinctly remember someone saying we’re not going to make it. I think we made it. I’m sorry, I overreacted. At the time, it looked very much like we weren’t going to make it. Yes, well, maybe next time you’ll just wait and see. And blow the last chance I might ever have …
Apr 17 2019
Julian Assange
tl;dr, I know. I feel I should state my position up front. I think that Wikileaks performs a valuable service which is fully covered by all the protection the First Amendment offers. I think that Julian Assange is a hero for helping to initiate it and the allegations against him by the Swedes unfounded and …
Apr 17 2019
An Embarrassment Of Lies
PragerU, Candace Owens, and Cody testifies before Congress in the body of a young Black woman from Connecticut by warging ala Bran Stark and the Night King. C’mon people, I only have 5 more weeks to work off my Game of Thrones trivia.
Apr 16 2019
Kangaroo Court Show Trials
Well, we won’t be getting them soon. Let’s take a moment to remember why we can’t have just a plain old regular trial instead of these cobbled together travesties. THE UNITED STATES TORTURES PEOPLE! And evidence obtained by torture is inadmissible. Guantanamo military tribunal hit with another legal setback By JOSH GERSTEIN, Politico 04/16/2019 A …
Apr 15 2019
Notre Dame is burning.
The roof is fully engaged, the central spire has collapsed, the medieval stained glass windows (I’ve worked with stained glass a bit) are threatened with destruction not to mention the many Gargoyles and sculptures and other priceless art inside the Cathedral. They started building it in 1160 which means it’s 859 years old. It’s incredibly …